of the flower remained to be now noticed for the first time. 
In the detailed descriptions by Solander, Jacquin, and 
Ventenat, no mention is made of any crown. In an account 
of it given by ourselves, in a paper on the genus, in the 
* Journal of Science and the Arts," we have relied, as we 
there state, solely upon others, not having then had an op- 
portunity of dissecting a flower. 
In one of the two uncoloured plates in Mr. Herbert's 
Appendix, we find, under the title Lycoris aurea, a figure 
intended for the magnified stigma of the present species, 
but in fact representing a large portion of the upper half 
of the style as well as stigma, the whole beset with some sort 
of efflorescence, and termed in the annexed text stigma cir- 
cumfimbriatum. When, however, we recur to the plant 
itself, this part is found as smooth and as free from any 
efflorescence as in the rest of the genus AMARYLLIS ; and we 
are led to suspect that the loose-grained pollen which falls 
from the anthers is the reality of the phenomenon with 
which Mr. Herbert has fitted out his genus Lycoris. 
AMARYLLIS aurea and radiata have proved in general very 
shy of flowering in our hothouses; owing, according to 
Mr. Sweet, to their not being properly managed.  Duly 
treated, they will be found to flower as freely as the rest 
of this natural tribe. In a future article we shall commu- 
nicate Mr. Sweet's directions for the managing of hothouse 
bulbs. Of the success of this treatment ample evidence 
may be obtained at any time in the hothouses under his 
care at Messrs. Colvill’s. 
Native of China. Introduced by Dr. Fothergill in 1777. 
Drawn at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, in the King's 
Road, Chelsea. 
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A. The crown of the tube: the six round marks indicating the points of 
insertion of the stamens. 
B. The tube of the corolla cut open on one side to show the crown. 
